vert
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːt/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /vɝt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
NounEdit
vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)
- (heraldry) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- vert:
- (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- (archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
- vt. in heraldic contexts.
- Appendix:Colors
AdjectiveEdit
vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviation of vertical.
NounEdit
vert (plural verts)
- (colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
- A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
Etymology 3Edit
Abbreviation of vertebrate.
NounEdit
vert (plural verts)
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
vert (third-person singular simple present verts, present participle verting, simple past and past participle verted)
- Turn.
ReferencesEdit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “vert”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
France (Paris) (file) France (West) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/
Quebec (Quebec City) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /væ(r)/
- Homophones: ver, verre, verres, vers, verts, vair, vaire
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
NounEdit
vert m (plural verts)
AdjectiveEdit
vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)
Derived termsEdit
- algue verte
- béret vert
- carte verte
- chêne vert
- chou vert et vert chou
- citron vert
- classe verte
- en dire des vertes et des pas mûres
- énergie verte
- fée verte
- feu vert
- haricot vert
- heure verte
- langue verte
- l'herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
- l'herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin
- maillot vert
- main verte
- numéro vert
- oignon vert
- olive verte
- Parti vert
- pic vert
- salade verte
- se mettre au vert
- thé vert
- tourisme vert
- vert de colère
- vert de jalousie
- vert de peur
- vert de rage
- vert pomme
- voie verte
- volée de bois vert
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi | orange; brun | jaune; crème |
vert citron | vert | menthe |
cyan; bleu canard | azur | bleu |
violet; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further readingEdit
- “vert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde.
AdjectiveEdit
vert
Related termsEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
vert
ParticipleEdit
vert
- past participle of ver
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vert (uncountable)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
NounEdit
vert (uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- “vert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German wert.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural verter, definite plural vertene)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle Low German wert.
NounEdit
vert m (definite singular verten, indefinite plural vertar, definite plural vertane)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
vert
ReferencesEdit
- “vert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vert m (oblique plural verz or vertz, nominative singular verz or vertz, nominative plural vert)
AdjectiveEdit
vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)
- green, of a green color
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Bourguignon: vord
- Middle French: verd, vert
- Picard: verd
- Norman: vaert, vèrt
- Walloon: vert
- → Middle English: vert
- English: vert
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.
AdjectiveEdit
vert